Events

Here’s a list of the fics I’ve written for events (exchanges, prompt memes/fests, challenges, etc.). Fics in this section are organised chronologically by year, from oldest to newest.

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[community profile]100words (1: FFX)

2021

no. 120

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: lateish in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Guadosalam

Jecht arrives at the entrance to Guadosalam.

Notes: Written for [community profile]100words, in response to prompt, illuminate.

[community profile]bethefirst (2: RACCOS, RPF)

2021

no. 087 Career Suicide

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1206
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: 1980s Irish TV RPF
  • Characters: Dermot Morgan, Mike Murphy, Twink, Fran Dempsey, Gay Byrne, Suzanne G.
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: 25 March 1983
  • Location: D4

Scenes following the final episode of The Live Mike.

Notes: Written for [community profile]bethefirst 2021.

2022

no. 151 In Search Of Plums

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 512
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: RACCOS
  • Characters: Koraco
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: AU
  • Location: about twenty minutes’ walk from my house

There’s nothing Coraco loves more than eating plums.

Notes: Written for [community profile]bethefirst 2022.

[personal profile]candyheartsex (3: FF7, FFX)

2023

no. 197 Different Futures

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2448
  • Rating: general (vague sex references)
  • Fandom: FFX-2
  • Characters: Gippal, Baralai
  • Genre: slash, reconciliation
  • Point in canon: after the girls meet Baralai in chapter 1
  • Location: Djose

Baralai pays Gippal a visit, and they clear up some misunderstandings.

Notes: Written for [personal profile]candyheartsex 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]ryulynn. I enjoyed thinking about the positions of the different sides trying to control Spira’s future during the game – it was fun using that as a rationale for the failure of communication in Baralai and Gippal’s relationship, and there’s something very satisfying about writing “getting back together after a de facto breakup” fic.

no. 198 The Zack Fair Fan Club: Post #3

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 4035
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Cloud, Zack, Luxiere, Kunsel, Cissnei, Hojo
  • Genre: slash, in-universe social media
  • Point in canon: mid-Crisis Core, some time after the Modeoheim mission
  • Location: the Gaian internet

That’s right, post #2 has hit 40 pages so it’s time for a brand new post! Share the gossip about our favorite up-and-coming SOLDIER First Class, Shinra’s cutest, Zack Fair!!

Notes: Written for [personal profile]candyheartsex 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Banah. This was a lot of fun and, while I was grabbing all the relevant CSS, taught me one or two cool things about the Chrome developer tools! Once I uploaded it to AO3 I found myself having to remove a lot of the finer points of the CSS to make it function properly as a workskin, so the version on my website is a bit closer to the intended design. I had a great time coming up with cringey 2000s-style forum signatures (actually, cringey everything) for this (and also ended up creating a dubious manip of Zack and Cloud and an old computer … if I had more than 0 art skills I’d have just drawn this, and if it wasn’t instrumental to the ✨Plot✨ I’d have left it out altogether, but what can you do).

no. 199 Love Conquers All

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 8026
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: OCs, Auron, Braska, Kinoc
  • Genre: het, backstory, worldbuilding
  • Point in canon: a few months before Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

When Izeel’s father suggests that she marry her friend and fellow warrior monk Auron, it seems like one of Bevelle’s better arranged marriages; but Izeel is already in a relationship, and is adamant that she won’t marry a man she doesn’t love.

Notes: Written for [personal profile]candyheartsex 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Verecunda. About thirteen hours before reveals I started writing this fic for a specific Auron request, and then spent pretty much that entire thirteen hours writing it apart from a brief break to attend a rehearsal … I mean, what can I say, backstory about young Auron based on a single line from the game, that’s my kind of shit. Particularly enjoyable aspects of writing this included imagining an Auron who is actually not at all bitter or traumatised as a result of earlier events (really a novelty for me – even in the “Braska’s pilgrimage” setting as I normally write it, he’s, er, been through some stuff), as well as writing the whole thing from the POV of a female character who has cause a couple of times throughout the story to reflect on how she maybe fancies him, a little bit, but that’ll never lead to anything because she’s in love with someone else. Also a lot of this was about class differences and Wen Kinoc being a little shit, both of which also come under the category of “things I like to think about”.

[community profile]challengeonthebigbridge (4: FF6, FFX)

2021

no. 103 Repute

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 11082
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Vargas, Sabin, Duncan, Edgar, Duncan’s wife
  • Genre: slash, coming of age
  • Warnings: sexual content in which one partner is underage (15); implications of incestuous sexual contact; towards the end, descriptions (none particularly graphic) of a corpse, excessive alcohol consumption, and self-inflicted injury.
  • Point in canon: from Sabin’s arrival in South Figaro to the battle with Vargas
  • Location: mostly South Figaro

Vargas’s relationship with his father deteriorates as he begins to forge a connection with Sabin. But that isn’t the whole story, and over the years he comes to realise that Sabin doesn’t understand him either.

Notes: Written for [community profile]challengeonthebigbridge 2021. Both Vargas and Sabin are kind of dickish in this, and the ending isn’t particularly cheerful, given that the last we see of Vargas in the game is Sabin summarily dispatching him. I like to think he survives, though!
2021 retrospective note: this is my Problematic fic of the year, an attempt to deal with the weird FF6 plothole of Duncan’s “death” with bonus slash. I like to think I managed it well enough.

2022

no. 162

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1586
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Locke, Sabin, Edgar, Terra
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: after Sabin joins the party
  • Location: Mount Koltz

Edgar’s brother has returned; Locke can’t help but distrust him.

Notes: Written for [community profile]challengeonthebigbridge 2022. Based on a draft from late 2020. 2022 retrospective note: It was great fun to revisit an old writing style. And to write about these dweebs again!

no. 163

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1537
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska
  • Genre: gen, h/c
  • Point in canon: just before Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

Braska becomes a summoner.

Notes: Written for [community profile]challengeonthebigbridge 2022. Based on a draft from early 2021.

no. 164

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2155
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Jecht, Tidus
  • Genre: gen, backstory, character study
  • Point in canon: first few years after Auron arrives in Dream Zanarkand
  • Location: Dream Zanarkand

Auron adjusts to existence in Zanarkand.

Notes: Written for [community profile]challengeonthebigbridge 2022. Based on a draft from early 2021.

[community profile]chocolateboxcomm (3: FF6, OW)

2021

no. 056 The Land Before, During, and After Time

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1421
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: OW
  • Genre: gen, surrealism
  • Location: mostly Boston, MA

A time machine sets out to make a friend. The friend in question has but one dream: to get a law degree.

Notes: Written for [community profile]chocolateboxcomm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Quin. Thanks to Andrew for the title!

no. 075

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1343
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: OW/British folklore
  • Genre: gen, modern setting
  • Point in canon: 2010s
  • Location: mid-Cornwall

There were always a few bizarre things going on back home, mostly stories your mate told you that never seemed like they could be true, but none of my friends ever had anything this weird happen to them. After I moved up-country for uni a couple of years later, I never heard about anything like it ever again.

Notes: Written for [community profile]chocolateboxcomm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Narya (Narya_Flame). This is a bit of an experiment, but I couldn’t waste an opportunity to post something with a large number of very specific Cornish references. I have taken the liberty of including a glossary but tried not to make it too infodumpy.
Several elements including the description of the piskies are based on this very informative post.

no. 074

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1128
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Terra, Strago
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early World of Ruin
  • Location: a pub

Terra meets Strago in a pub. Others would take it as a sign.

Notes: Written for [community profile]chocolateboxcomm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]azurefishnets.

[community profile]drabble_zone (1: FFX)

2022

no. 146

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 200
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Auron, Braska
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: some travel agency

Jecht would rather not spend his birthday in Spira.

Notes: Written for [community profile]drabble_zone, in response to prompt, birthday.

[community profile]fail_fandomanon (9: FFX)

2021

no. 110

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 312
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: It’s not hard to guess!
  • Genre: gen, second person
  • Warnings: homophobia
  • Point in canon: not long before Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

The teachings are more of a guide than a rulebook.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: complicated relationships with religion.

no. 119

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 588
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron
  • Genre: poly slash, masturbation
  • Point in canon: not long after Auron arrives in Dream Zanarkand
  • Location: Dream Zanarkand

He wonders if becoming unsent might have robbed him of his emotions.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: sad masturbation.

2022

no. 159

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 461
  • Rating: general (aggressive kissing)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Auron, Braska
  • Genre: slash, high school AU, crack treated seriously
  • Point in canon: AU
  • Location: AU

Jecht gets to know his fellow students.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: master/servant + high school AU. Disclaimer: I am but a mere European and don’t really know what a high school is.

no. 182

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 484
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Auron, Jecht
  • Genre: gen, whump
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: near Djose

Auron gives all he can in battle. Braska watches.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: verge of collapse. 2022 retrospective note: for this prompt I just went all out with my favourite kind of whump: the kind where there isn’t any graphic injury but just, idk, some guy having a bad time and nearly fainting. (And where the guy is Auron.)

2023

no. 201

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 365
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Jecht, Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Thunder Plains travel agency

Auron and Jecht bicker.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: … a spare scene: maybe you cut it from a longer work, or you’re hoping to build a longer fic around it, or you’ve got no plans to expand on it, but you still like it anyway. This is one of several scenes from my current WIP that no longer fit in neatly, so here’s a just-about-standalone version.

no. 208

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1027
  • Rating: mature (masturbation)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: right before Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

After Braska gains his first aeon, Auron gives him a bath.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: your fave bathing their crush.

2024

no. 229

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 202
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Braska gains his first aeon
  • Location: Bevelle

Braska is no longer an ordinary man.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: summoning. I wrote this in about five minutes and it shows.

no. 231

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 245
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Auron, Jecht
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: halfway through Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Besaid

After gaining each aeon, Braska takes longer to resurface.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: haze.

no. 232

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 416
  • Rating: mature
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Jecht
  • Genre: slash, PWP
  • Point in canon: lateish in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Auron’s been thinking about Braska too much. Maybe he should let Jecht take care of that.

Notes: In response to prompt at [community profile]fail_fandomanon: the best way to get over someone.

[community profile]fffc (2: FFX)

2022

no. 149 Coreopsis

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 990
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tidus, Yuna, Wakka
  • Genre: het
  • Point in canon: Yuna’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Tidus becomes acquainted with Spiran flora.

Notes: Written for [community profile]fffc language of flowers challenge.

no. 150 I Will Survive

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 12190
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Auron, Rikku, Yuna’s mother, Yuna, Lulu, Cid, Wakka, Yunalesca
  • Genre: slash, poly, canon divergence
  • Warnings: non-canon deaths of canon characters
  • Point in canon: from just after Yuna’s birth, spans about 25 years
  • Location: mostly Besaid but all over Spira

Several years after Yuna’s mother decides not to visit her people, the family moves to Besaid. Braska and his wife find their marriage under pressure, faced with suspicion in their new community, their teenage daughter’s rebellious behaviour, and Braska’s nascent feelings for a dear friend. When Yuna declares her intent to take the summoner’s pilgrimage, the stakes are raised, and they find themselves not content with the mere defeat of Sin, but actively trying to destroy it.

Notes: Written for [community profile]fffc, in response to prompt, somebody lives/not everyone dies. Additional notes here.

[community profile]ffprompts (4: FF16, FFX)

2023

no. 215

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 471
  • Rating: general (mature themes)
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Clive, Jill
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: during second timeskip
  • Location: Valisthea

Using those abilities makes Clive look like Cid.

Notes: Written for [community profile]ffprompts, in response to prompt, resembling.

no. 216

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 200
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Jecht, Braska, Rikku, Wakka
  • Genre: gen, drabble sequence
  • Point in canon: during Yuna’s and Braska’s pilgrimages
  • Location: Spira

Ten years ago, the narrative was different.

Notes: Written for [community profile]ffprompts, in response to prompt, writes; editing. If you’re looking for a nuanced and detailed depiction of Wakka you will be disappointed.

no. 155

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Wakka, Tidus
  • Genre: gen, crack, meta
  • Point in canon: late game
  • Location: Luca

Blitzball goes on and on.

Notes: Written for [community profile]ffprompts, in response to prompt, Wakka; tournament.

2024

no. 227

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 565
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tidus, Auron
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: after leaving Luca
  • Location: Mi’ihen Highroad

Auron suddenly seems to have the use of both hands. Tidus asks about it.

Notes: Written for [community profile]ffprompts, in response to prompt, Auron.

FFX Secret Santa (1: FFX)

2022

no. 183 Don’t you think we tried to stop her?

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 3815
  • Rating: general (death references)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Chappu
  • Genre: gen, backstory
  • Warnings: death references, undertone of suicidality
  • Point in canon: from a few years before canon to the start of canon
  • Location: Besaid, Kilika, Luca

Yuna is convinced that becoming a summoner is her destiny. Wakka and Lulu take longer to persuade.

Notes: Written for FFX Secret Santa 2022, a gift for [tumblr.com profile]lasanha-do-lidl.

Final Fantasy Kiss Battle (10: FF6, FF7, FF9, FFX)

2021

no. 076

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 901
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF9
  • Characters: Garnet, Beatrix, Steiner
  • Genre: femslash
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Alexandria

Certain Alexandrian traditions need revising, for the new queen’s sake.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2021, in response to [personal profile]lassarina’s prompt, Beatrix/Garnet, think not of duty.

no. 079

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 552
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Maria, Darill, Setzer
  • Genre: poly, fluff
  • Point in canon: several years pre-canon
  • Location: opera house

Maria wishes she didn’t have to spend the evening going over her lines.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2021, in response to [personal profile]wallwalker’s prompt, Setzer/Daryl/Maria, saying goodnight after the show.

no. 083

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 449
  • Rating: general (death)
  • Fandom: FF7 (Crisis Core)
  • Characters: Zack, Cloud, Cissnei
  • Genre: slash
  • Warnings: canon death
  • Point in canon: after Zack and Cloud’s escape from Shinra Manor
  • Location: Gaia

When Zack breaks Cloud out of the mako tank, his first instinct is to kiss him.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2021, in response to [personal profile]runicmagitek’s prompt, Cloud/Zack, hold on.

2022

no. 143

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1102
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Yuna
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: not long before Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

Braska agonises over how to tell Yuna he is taking the pilgrimage – but it turns out that she understands his vocation.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2022, in response to [personal profile]althea_valara’s prompt, Braska & Yuna, shared destiny. 2022 retrospective note: the events in this fic don’t fit my headcanon re Braska and Yuna’s reasons for taking the pilgrimage, but I had a lot of fun writing it anyway!

no. 144 The Persistence Of Memory

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1201
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Celes, Terra, Locke
  • Genre: femslash, missing scene
  • Point in canon: not long after Celes joins the party
  • Location: World of Balance

Terra doesn’t remember Celes, but Celes has enough memories for both of them.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2022, in response to [personal profile]seventhe’s prompt, Terra/Celes, it was strange back then.

no. 145

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1051
  • Rating: general (sex references)
  • Fandom: FFX-2
  • Characters: Gippal, Baralai, Nooj, Paine
  • Genre: slash, getting together
  • Point in canon: after an early Crimson Squad mission, probably slightly before FFX canon
  • Location: on a boat

Baralai, he thinks to himself, is kind of adorable.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2022, in response to [personal profile]shanaqui’s prompt, Gippal/Baralai, goodbye.

no. 148 Final Pass

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1122
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Jecht, Braska
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: after Jecht has become a fayth
  • Location: Mount Gagazet

On the way down Mount Gagazet, Auron wishes Jecht was with him.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2022, in response to [personal profile]shanaqui’s prompt, Jecht/Auron, not gently. 2022 retrospective note: Only my second Auron/Jecht fic, although I have a lot of fondness for this pairing! Fun fact: both these fics are in present tense, and oddly enough, so are two of my four Jecht-POV ones. There’s something about him that demands it. He’s very immediate.

no. 147

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 932
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Cloud, Holzoff, Barret
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: while climbing the mountain
  • Location: near Icicle Inn

Cloud recovers in Holzoff’s cabin.

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2022, in response to [personal profile]enemytosleep’s prompt, Cloud & Any (comfort).

2023

no. 200

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 896
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Yuna
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: mid-pilgrimage
  • Location: some travel agency

She can’t wake one of her guardians and ask them to keep her company – but an aeon, perhaps …

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2023, in response to [personal profile]queenlua’s prompt, yuna & any aeon: just couldn’t sleep.

2024

no. 228 Distraction

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1556
  • Rating: general
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Braska, Auron
  • Genre: slash, poly
  • Point in canon: near the end of Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Mount Gagazet

“It’s remarkably satisfying to spin, though,” Braska murmured. “Reminds me of a game we used to play at Home.”
Jecht watched him suspiciously. “You – no way. You used to play spin the bottle?”

Notes: Written for Final Fantasy Kiss Battle 2024, in response to [personal profile]cindybug’s prompt, Auron/Braska/Jecht, spin the bottle.

[community profile]intoabar (1: FF7, Sonic)

2022

no. 157 Very strong. Extremely strong.

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 764
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF7/Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022 film)
  • Characters: Aerith, Knuckles
  • Genre: gen, crack
  • Point in canon: crossover
  • Location: the restaurant at the end of the universe

Knuckles would like … one beer. One pint of your finest Heineken.

Notes: Written for [community profile]intoabar 2022. This takes place after the end of Sonic 2 (2022) and before the beginning of FFVII. Which is clearly very important information.

[personal profile]lolitics_meme (1: RPF)

2015

no. 022 Unexpectedly intimate

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 963
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: UK politics RPF
  • Characters: Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: 2015
  • Location: Westminster

No relationships despite the title.
Nick is reluctant on his return to Parliament, but he receives encouragement from an unlikely source.

Notes: Written for [personal profile]lolitics_meme, in response to prompt, A nice fluffy story about these two comforting each other? They don't have to be in a relationship or sleeping together or anything, maybe just something gen like one of them is sitting in a cafe daydreaming and the other sees them and just joins them at the table and they kinda talk for a bit? About things that other people 'don't just get' about their position or about the future, etc. Or hot, emotional sex, I literally don't mind. This is based on video footage of MPs swearing in on the 20th of May, with some dialogue taken from this article.

Merry Month of Drabbles (1: FF6)

2022

no. 154

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Terra
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: second half of the game
  • Location: Mobliz

Snow is a fact of life in Narshe; not so in Mobliz.

Notes: Written for Merry Month of Drabbles, in response to [personal profile]mific’s prompt, snow.

[community profile]multifandomdrabble (14: Black Mirror, FF4, FF6, FF7, FF9, FFX, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Monty Python, RPF)

2021

no. 097

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: general (sex references)
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Dudley, Draco
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Britain

Turns out the guy’s magic.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]reeby10.

no. 096

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Locke, Edgar
  • Genre: slash, epistolary
  • Point in canon: pre-canon
  • Location: Figaro

An exchange of letters, at short notice.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Phlyarologist.

no. 095

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Gau, Cyan, Sabin
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Gau joins the party
  • Location: World of Balance

Gau grows accustomed to his new companions.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Lirillith.

no. 094

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: general (blood)
  • Fandom: FF4
  • Characters: Cecil
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Cecil becomes a paladin
  • Location: Baron

His sacrifice is over, but the marks cannot be erased.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]taichara.

no. 093

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Kimahri
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: just under ten years before canon
  • Location: Besaid

The Ronso is part of Besaid, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Dee_Moyza.

no. 092

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: general (sex references)
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Reno, Rude
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, when Reno and Rude first start working together
  • Location: Midgar

By the time they land, Reno’s opinion of his partner has changed.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Eratoschild.

no. 091

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF9
  • Characters: Cid, Hilda
  • Genre: het
  • Point in canon: pre-canon
  • Location: Lindblum

Black magic could come in handy.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Phlyarologist.

no. 098

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 600
  • Rating: general (sex references)
  • Fandom: caterpillar cake RPF
  • Characters: Cuthbert the Caterpillar, Colin the Caterpillar
  • Genre: slash, humour, courtroom drama
  • Point in canon: 2021
  • Location: England

Cuthbert’s up in court against an obnoxious lookalike of himself, and his lawyer wants him to dress for the occasion, and this is all too much for a simple cake to handle.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 1, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]sapphictitious.

no. 105

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Monty Python
  • Characters: Superintendent McGough
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: S3E5
  • Location: Bolton

The All-England Summarise Proust Competition demands thorough rehearsal.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]saturni_stellis.

no. 104

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Black Mirror
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: White Bear
  • Location: England

White Bear Justice Park is open to all ages. Start ’em young!

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]judgment. Prompt: I’d love to read something from the perspectives of the actors and/or the audiences truly believing that they’re actively participating in retributive justice.

no. 108

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: general (sex references)
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Vargas, Sabin
  • Genre: slash, established relationship
  • Point in canon: not long before canon starts
  • Location: South Figaro

One relationship cannot be salvaged; another must persist.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Lirillith.

no. 107

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Hunger Games
  • Characters: Effie, Haymitch
  • Genre: het
  • Point in canon: Catching Fire
  • Location: District 12

At the Reaping of the Quarter Quell, Haymitch remarks on Effie’s fashion choices.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]FictionPenned.

no. 106

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 800
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: FFX-2
  • Characters: Yuna, Rikku, Paine
  • Genre: femslash
  • Point in canon: post-canon, normal ending ’verse
  • Location: Besaid

Discovering the nature of her friends’ relationship makes Yuna realise her own loneliness; but there is a solution.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]vendettadays.

no. 109

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Remus
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Location: Hogwarts

Remus remembers, despite himself.

Notes: Written for [community profile]multifandomdrabble 2021 round 2, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]The_Wavesinger.

[community profile]no_true_pair (16: FF16, FF7, FFX)

2022

no. 166

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 495
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Zuke, Clasko
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-FFX-2
  • Location: Spira

Zuke finds a welcome distraction where he least expected it.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Zuke hits it off with someone at a costume party/ball; wait it’s Clasko?.

no. 167

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 371
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Shelinda, Belgemine
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: mid-canon
  • Location: Macalania Woods

Belgemine hopes to challenge a summoner; Shelinda does her best to help.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Belgemine & Shelinda – in the woods.

no. 168

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 684
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Isaaru, Auron, Jecht, Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Kilika

Braska gains the aeon of Kilika. Isaaru watches.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Braska & Isaaru – hot.

no. 169

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 270
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Isaaru, Belgemine, Maroda, Pacce
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: mid-canon
  • Location: Spira

Isaaru wishes Belgemine would evaluate him in a less cryptic way.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Isaaru has no idea what he looks like to Belgemine.

no. 170

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 330
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Luzzu, Clasko
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: before Operation Mi’ihen
  • Location: Mushroom Rock Road

Luzzu knows Clasko needs a distraction.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Luzzu & Clasko – play a board game.

no. 171

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 306
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Jecht, Auron
  • Genre: gen
  • Warnings: references to upcoming death
  • Point in canon: late in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Braska writes a letter, and avoids a confrontation.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Braska writes a letter to Luzzu.

no. 172

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 224
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Luzzu, Belgemine
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre- or mid-canon
  • Location: Mushroom Rock Road probably

Two hands reach for the same bunch of gysahl greens.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, both Luzzu & Belgemine reach for the last [item].

no. 173

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 588
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Isaaru, Shelinda
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: mid-canon
  • Location: Macalania

Isaaru hopes to inspire future summoners.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Isaaru & Shelinda – lessons.

no. 174

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 434
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Tromell, Jecht
  • Genre: gen
  • Warnings: death references
  • Point in canon: lateish in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Guadosalam

Waiting to enter the Farplane, Braska speaks to one of the locals.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, while waiting, Braska strikes up a conversation with Tromell.

no. 175

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 509
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Shelinda, Auron
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Moonflow

Braska finds himself relying on the kindness of strangers.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Braska needs a little extra [choice], can Shelinda help?.

no. 176

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 374
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Zuke, Belgemine
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, after Zuke’s pilgrimage ends
  • Location: Calm Lands

There are some benefits to being a failed ex-summoner.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Belgemine & Zuke ‘There’s a silver lining to this’.

no. 185

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 523
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tromell, Shelinda
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: just after Yuna’s party leave Seymour’s mansion
  • Location: Guadosalam

Tromell receives some unexpected assistance.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Shelinda helps Tromell do the dishes. Finished later.

no. 184

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 558
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Zuke, Shelinda
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, end of Zuke’s pilgrimage
  • Location: SS Winno

Zuke’s pilgrimage wasn’t in vain.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2022 round, in response to prompt, Shelinda & Zuke “Better luck next time.”. Finished later.

2023

no. 202

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 288
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF7R
  • Characters: Wedge, Barret
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, first Avalanche mission
  • Location: Sector 7 plateside

Wedge and Barret go plateside.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair March 2023 mini-round, in response to prompt, Barret & Wedge – “brighter than expected”.

no. 219

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1171
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Dion, Byron, Maeve
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: close to the end of the game
  • Location: Hideaway

Byron buys Dion a drink. Dion remains convinced he is undeserving of kindness.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2023 round, in response to prompt, Byron & Dion – when the cat’s away ….

no. 220

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 887
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Dion, Jill, Joshua, Clive, Anabella
  • Genre: gen, pre-canon
  • Point in canon: remembrance ceremony (859)
  • Location: somewhere on Storm presumably

Dion and Jill talk at the remembrance ceremony.

Notes: Written for [community profile]no_true_pair September 2023 round, in response to prompt, Dion & Jill – try the best that we can ….

[community profile]press_start_comm (4: FF6, FFX)

2021

no. 113 At a time like this

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2966
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Celes, Sabin, Edgar
  • Genre: het, missing scene, ambiguous relationships
  • Point in canon: after Celes finds Sabin in the World of Ruin
  • Location: Tzen, Serpent Trench, Nikeah, Figaro Castle

Now that it’s just the two of them, Celes begins to pay attention to Sabin, and to how he and she can support each other.

Notes: Written for [community profile]press_start_comm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]mako_lies (wingeddserpent).

no. 112 Tagma

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1699
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Kimahri, Auron, Yuna, Tidus, Lulu, Rikku
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: the first time the party travels through Macalania Woods
  • Location: Macalania Woods

The discovery of the Macalania butterflies leads to a revelation about Yuna’s childhood that surprises a few of the party members.

Notes: Written for [community profile]press_start_comm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Dee_Moyza.

no. 117

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1671
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Tidus
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: a few months after Auron arrives in Dream Zanarkand
  • Location: Dream Zanarkand

Auron’s sword is confiscated almost as soon as he arrives in Zanarkand.

Notes: Written for [community profile]press_start_comm 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]wingsyouburn.

2022

no. 165 Taking Flight

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2264
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Setzer, Darill
  • Genre: het, backstory, worldbuilding
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, from Setzer’s childhood to early adulthood
  • Location: mostly Vector

Setzer dreams of flying.

Notes: Written for [community profile]press_start_comm 2022, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]wingsyouburn.

[community profile]raremaleslashex (2: LOTR, The Simpsons)

2021

no. 102

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1695
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: The Simpsons
  • Characters: Lenny, Carl, Smithers
  • Genre: slash, only one bed
  • Point in canon: no particular episode
  • Location: Springfield

Lenny and Carl are dispatched to do some shopping on Mr Burns’ behalf.

Notes: Written for [community profile]raremaleslashex 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]twoam. Prompt: … Or there’s multiple beds and they have to share for reasons.

2022

no. 160 Kingsfoil

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1572
  • Rating: general (problematic themes)
  • Fandom: LOTR
  • Characters: Aragorn, Faramir, Éowyn
  • Genre: slash, missing scene, h/c, pastiche
  • Warnings: incest references
  • Point in canon: after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields
  • Location: Minas Tirith

After healing Faramir, Aragorn visits him again.

Notes: Written for [community profile]raremaleslashex 2022, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]whatiwouldnotgive.

[community profile]robotsoup (2: FFX)

2022

no. 152

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 500
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Auron
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: late in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Auron attempts to serve Jecht a meal by the campfire.

Notes: Written for [personal profile]kalloway’s Small Plates fest.

no. 161

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1513
  • Rating: general (references to death)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Wakka, Luzzu
  • Genre: slash, emotional h/c
  • Point in canon: the day Yuna gives her speech at the end of the game
  • Location: Luca

Luzzu feels guilty; Wakka reassures him.

Notes: Written for [personal profile]kalloway’s yaoi day fest.

[community profile]seasonsofdrabbles (3: FF7, FFX)

2022

no. 178

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 200
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Yuna, Tidus
  • Genre: het
  • Point in canon: Yuna’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

None of Yuna’s guardians are as taken by their surroundings, apart from Tidus.

Notes: Written for [community profile]seasonsofdrabbles autumn 2022 round, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]DJFishHead.

no. 177

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska, Jecht
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Besaid

If there’s any time, any place, that might permit some relaxation, it’s now, here, on this beach.

Notes: Written for [community profile]seasonsofdrabbles autumn 2022 round, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]DJFishHead. 2022 retrospective note: maybe I’m biased, but I felt very successful fitting the Besaid Mood™ into the 100-word format.

no. 179

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Angeal, Genesis
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: early in Crisis Core
  • Location: Midgar

Genesis begins to degrade; Angeal swears to hold him together.

Notes: Written for [community profile]seasonsofdrabbles autumn 2022 round, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Eratoschild.

Semaine de la fic française (5: FF15, FF7, FFX, Princess Mononoke)

2023

no. 203/209 Reflet

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 515 + 495
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Princess Mononoke
  • Characters: San
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon
  • Location: the forest

Summary: San transforms. San devient une louve.

Notes: Written for Semaine de la fic française. Versions in both French and English available.

no. 204/210

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 738 + 771
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tidus, Yuna, Lulu
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Yuna’s kidnapping by the Al Bhed
  • Location: Luca

Summary: Tidus asks Yuna if she’s an Al Bhed speaker. Tidus voudrait savoir si Yuna parle al bhed.

Notes: Written for Semaine de la fic française. Versions in both French and English available.

no. 205/211

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 590 + 579
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX-2
  • Characters: Benzo, Shinra
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, covers the destruction of Home and the defeat of Sin
  • Location: mostly Bikanel

Summary: Benzo finally convinces everyone of his talents. Benzo retrouve son destin.

Notes: Written for Semaine de la fic française. Versions in both French and English available.

no. 206/212 Bon rétablissement

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1083 + 1109
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7R
  • Characters: Biggs, Wedge, Ms Folia
  • Genre: slash, sickfic
  • Point in canon: right after Remake ends
  • Location: Leaf House

Summary: Biggs receives a visitor. Un ami rend visite à Biggs.

Notes: Written for Semaine de la fic française. Versions in both French and English available. As far as I’m aware, Ms Folia has no canonical first name, so I invented one that isn’t intended to have any particular significance.

no. 207/213 Ce moment

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 865 + 912
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FF15
  • Characters: Ignis, Gladio
  • Genre: gen, missing scene
  • Point in canon: chapter 1
  • Location: Galdin Quay

Summary: The news from Insomnia arrives. Les nouvelles d’Insomnia arrivent à la Baie de Galdina.

Notes: Written for Semaine de la fic française. Versions in both French and English available.

Teredio Secret Santa (2: FF16)

2023

no. 156

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2094
  • Rating: general (mental health themes)
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Terence, Dion, Tarja, Quinten, Gav
  • Genre: slash, angst
  • Warnings: discussion of amputation
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Hideaway

Dion continues to work for the realm. Terence wishes he would look after himself.

Notes: Written for Teredio Secret Santa 2023, a gift for newty333.

no. 225

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1401
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Terence, Dion
  • Genre: slash, missing scene
  • Point in canon: before the coup
  • Location: Twinside

Dion and Terence return to Twinside after the news of Olivier’s accession.

Notes: Written for Teredio Secret Santa 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Falathren. An additional gift from the pen of my alter ego [archiveofourown.org profile]ulsterbus.

[community profile]threesentenceficathon (51: FF6, FF7, FF8, FF9, FFX, Harry Potter, LOTR, Pokémon, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)

2021

no. 057

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 46
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Harry, Percy
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: England

Percy is finding his own way.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, Harry Potter, any, leaving the wizarding world behind.

no. 058

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 73
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF8
  • Characters: Quistis, Cid
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: vaguely around the start of canon
  • Location: Balamb Garden

The boys like Quistis.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, final fantasy viii - quistis trepe - compulsory heteronormativity.

no. 060

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 111
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: a few days after Braska’s Final Summoning
  • Location: Spira

It will be simpler if they believe him alive.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]cofax7’s prompt, Any, any, “Aren’t you dead?”.

no. 059

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 37
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF8
  • Characters: Squall
  • Genre: gen, humour
  • Point in canon: timeless

The belts are very important.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]sandinmyboots’s prompt, final fantasy, any, so why DO they all dress with 800 zippers and belts (nomura era) or infinite paisley scarves (amano era)?.

no. 061

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 103
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska
  • Genre: slash, angst
  • Point in canon: late in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

No amount of love can convince Braska to change his course.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, Any, any, I’d give you anything but you want pain.

no. 063

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 88
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Setzer, Celes, Sabin
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after visiting Darill’s tomb
  • Location: near Kohlingen

The Falcon stutters back to life.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]tiny_ninja’s prompt, Final Fantasy VI, Setzer Gabbiani, luck (good or bad).

no. 065

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 148
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Pokémon
  • Characters: Professor Oak, Blue, Red
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: a couple of years pre-Red/Blue canon
  • Location: Pallet Town

The two boys’ love for Pokémon was starting to be a detriment to their friendship.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]runespoor’s prompt, any, any childhood-friends-to-enemies(-to-lovers), outsider pov.

no. 064

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 77
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Genre: gen, humour
  • Point in canon: timeless
  • Location: Moonflow

The shoopuf doesn’t always pay for itself.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, any, any extremely minor comic character, their secretly angsty innermost thoughts.

no. 067

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 112
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Sephiroth
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Sephiroth’s teenage years
  • Location: Shinra building

He could never blend in, so he learnt to stand out.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, FFVII, Sephiroth, loneliness.

no. 072

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 97
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: right after Auron dies
  • Location: Spira

He found himself dead and aged, at the same time.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]edenfalling’s prompt, Any, any, transitions.

no. 071

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 42
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Terra, Cyan
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Mobliz

Mobliz seems busier now.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]conuly’s prompt, Any, any, this haiku: The snow is melting / and the village is flooded / with children.

no. 070

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 97
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Barret
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: North Corel

Barret returns to North Corel.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]wallwalker’s prompt, Final Fantasy VII, Barret, the hero’s grand comeback.

no. 069

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 69
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Locke, Setzer, Celes
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: mid-canon
  • Location: Blackjack

Their bickering hides a secret.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, any, any, frenemies with benefits.

no. 073

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 92
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Edgar, Gogo
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Figaro Castle

The job of being king is relentless, but it’s not the only one.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]siver’s prompt, Final Fantasy VI, Gogo & anyone else, mimicking something unexpected.

no. 078

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 118
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF8
  • Characters: Quistis, Rinoa
  • Genre: femslash
  • Point in canon: the SeeD inauguration ball
  • Location: Balamb Garden

Rinoa should have thought about the girls sooner.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]wallwalker’s prompt, Final Fantasy VIII, Quistis/Rinoa, slowdance.

no. 077

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 164
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Firenze
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Order of the Phoenix
  • Location: Hogwarts

The Forest is his home, not some kind of terrifying otherworld.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, Harry Potter, any, the Forbidden Forest.

no. 080

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 91
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6/FF8
  • Characters: Celes, Quistis
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: crossover
  • Location: the crossover void

Sometimes children have to grow up too fast.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]deemoyza’s prompt, Final Fantasy VI/Final Fantasy VIII, Celes & Quistis, prodigy.

no. 082

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 133
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: before and after Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira and elsewhere

There is Yevon, then there is Braska, and then there is nobody.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]notapaladin’s prompt, Any, any, religious devotion.

no. 081

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 126
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Sabin, Cyan
  • Genre: gen, grief
  • Point in canon: after Cyan joins the party
  • Location: Phantom Train

Cyan can’t just eat as if everything is normal.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, any, any, Are ya gonna eat that?.

no. 086

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 87
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tidus, Tidus’ mother, Auron
  • Genre: gen, daemon AU
  • Warnings: death
  • Point in canon: not long after Auron arrives in Dream Zanarkand
  • Location: Dream Zanarkand

Her daemon dies first.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]notapaladin’s prompt, Any, any/any, daemon AU.

no. 085

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 57
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Dumbledore, McGonagall
  • Genre: gen, crack
  • Point in canon: timeless
  • Location: Hogwarts

With the Hat out of action, Albus has to improvise.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to [personal profile]elementalraven’s prompt, harry potter, any, what if the sorting hat was destroyed/abducted/not there anymore.

no. 084

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 230
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Harry Potter
  • Characters: Petunia
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Petunia’s childhood
  • Location: England

She will not be going to that school.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2021, in response to prompt, Harry Potter, magical!Petunia, any.

2022

no. 124

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 56
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7 (Remake)
  • Characters: Jessie
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon
  • Location: Midgar

Jessie knows what to spend her money on.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, FF7R, Jessie, “we are living in a Materia world, and I am a Materia girl”.

no. 125

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 112
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: LOTR
  • Characters: Frodo, Sam
  • Genre: gen, academia AU, crack
  • Point in canon: AU
  • Location: the ivory tower

There’s a lot of red tape to get through.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]syrena_of_the_lake’s prompt, Lord of the Rings academia AU, any, the perils of applying for a Fellowship.

no. 126

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 114
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF9
  • Characters: Garnet, Eiko
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Eiko joins the party
  • Location: Madain Sari and elsewhere

Garnet’s reactions change.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]shinon’s prompt, Final Fantasy IX, Garnet, birthright.

no. 127

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 111
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Celes, Terra, Edgar
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: towards the end of the first half of the game
  • Location: World of Balance

Away from the Empire, there’s a better life to live.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]siver’s prompt, Final Fantasy VI, Any, visiting a chocobo stable.

no. 132

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 55
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Edgar, Locke
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon
  • Location: Figaro Castle

Equipping for battle at Figaro Castle is always an adventure.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]paxilam’s prompt, any, any, antique knife.

no. 131

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 82
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Lulu
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early in the pilgrimage
  • Location: Djose

Lulu gains new powers on the road.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]elementalraven’s prompt, any, any, new magical powers.

no. 130

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 53
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska, Jecht, Auron
  • Genre: gen, fixit
  • Point in canon: end of Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Zanarkand

Braska decides to turn back.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, any, any, fixit.

no. 129

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 69
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
  • Characters: Marianne, Héloïse
  • Genre: gen, werewolf AU
  • Point in canon: AU
  • Location: the house

Héloïse has more than one secret.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]elementalraven’s prompt, any, any, werewolf au.

no. 138

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 138
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Auron, Braska
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Moonflow

The journey north across the Moonflow is quiet.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]rionaleonhart’s prompt, Any, any, accidentally falling asleep on each other. 2022 retrospective note: this is an absolute banger of a trope, which I couldn’t pass up.

no. 137

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 131
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Reeve
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: shortly before canon
  • Location: Shinra building

Staying in the office late allows Reeve to work on what matters.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]mad_madam_m’s prompt, any, any, working late.

no. 136

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 122
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

As the pilgrimage goes on, the tea leaves show a clearer message.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]scytale’s prompt, Any, any, tea leaves.

no. 135

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 110
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Terra, Locke
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early on the journey
  • Location: near Narshe

There are practical and less practical reasons for buying new clothes.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]ruthchinn’s prompt, any, any, shopping.

no. 134

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 178
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Braska, Jecht
  • Genre: slash
  • Point in canon: late in Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Auron ought to be able to let Braska go.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, any, any, “there’s a million reasons why I should give you up / but the heart wants what it wants”.

no. 133

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 50
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7
  • Characters: Aerith, Cloud
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early in canon
  • Location: Midgar

Might as well give the poor creature another chance at life – as long as nobody’s looking.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to prompt, Final Fantasy VII, Aeris, The other side of the coin to healing is necromancy.

no. 140

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 79
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Celes, Relm
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: at some point after Relm joins the party
  • Location: World of Balance

Relm’s hair is different, but Celes tries her best.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]wickedlittletown’s prompt, any, any, hair braiding.

no. 139

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 117
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Yuna
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: after Yuna’s defeat of Sin
  • Location: Spira

It made sense for Yuna to be the one who went her own way.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]ravenlilyrose’s prompt, any, any, breaking tradition.

no. 142

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 167
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Shadow, Sabin
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: second half of canon, up to the escape from Kefka’s tower
  • Location: various

He was just doing it for the money; until he wasn’t.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]word_devourer’s prompt, Any, Any, “I just wanted to get paid”.

no. 141

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 141
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Rikku, Tidus
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Yuna’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Thunder Plains

The Al Bhed can’t own property, but there are ways of getting around it.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2022, in response to [personal profile]ravenlilyrose’s prompt, any, two characters that aren’t dating, marry me?.

2023

no. 186

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 73
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7R
  • Characters: Cloud, Tifa
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: chapter 3
  • Location: Sector 7

Cloud and Tifa gain a feline friend.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to prompt, Any, any, accidental cat acquisition.

no. 189

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 104
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF9
  • Characters: Garnet, Steiner
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early on the journey
  • Location: Gaia

He’ll get over it.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]shinon’s prompt, Final Fantasy IX, Steiner & Garnet, mountains out of molehills.

no. 188

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 113
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Tidus, Yuna
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Yuna’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

The pilgrimage never really changes.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, any, any, those days are gone forever / I should just let ’em go, but –.

no. 187

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 95
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7 Crisis Core
  • Characters: Cissnei, Tseng, Zack
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Zack’s holiday
  • Location: Costa del Sol

Zack can’t get a break.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, any, any, beach episode.

no. 190

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 148
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Jecht, Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

Magic is part of daily life in Spira.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to prompt, any, any, campfire.

no. 196

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 100
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Braska
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-Braska’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Bevelle

Braska’s elemental affinity is clear.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to prompt, any, any, drawn to the fire. Also, accidentally, a drabble.

no. 195

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 122
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Auron, Tidus
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: pre-canon, while Auron is in Dream Zanarkand
  • Location: Dream Zanarkand

Zanarkand seems to extinguish its own stars.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]ultra_fic’s prompt, any, any, wishing on a star.

no. 194 Feline Healing

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 185
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF7R
  • Characters: Cloud, Wedge
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: early in canon, soon after the first mission
  • Location: Sector 7

Wedge makes Cloud an offer he can’t refuse.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]raisedbymoogles’s prompt, any, any, it’s cheaper than therapy.

no. 193

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 115
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Celes, Terra
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: shortly before canon
  • Location: Vector

It’s the sight of Terra that convinces Celes to leave.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to prompt, Any, any, loss of trust.

no. 192

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 163
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Tidus, Wakka, Kimahri, Auron
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: Yuna’s pilgrimage
  • Location: Spira

On the road, they shower together.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to [personal profile]paxilam’s prompt, any, any, communal showers.

no. 191

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 138
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Yuna, Tidus
  • Genre: pre-het
  • Point in canon: when Yuna performs the sending
  • Location: Kilika

Yuna dances; Tidus marvels.

Notes: Written for [community profile]threesentenceficathon 2023, in response to prompt, Final Fantasy, Yuna, dancing on water.

[community profile]yuletide (6: FF16, FF6, FFX, Pokémon, RPF, Sk8er Boi)

2015

no. 025 Well, tough luck

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1587
  • Rating: general (language)
  • Fandom: Sk8er Boi
  • Genre: gen
  • Point in canon: several years after the acts of the sk8er boi
  • Location: around the world

An investigative journalist hears a song on a plane and decides to do some investigative journalism.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2015, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]innerbrat.

2020

no. 052 Staying in touch

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 3801
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: FF6
  • Characters: Edgar, Terra, Celes, Sabin, Gau, Locke
  • Genre: femslash, het, epistolary, pining, comedy of errors
  • Point in canon: post-canon
  • Location: Figaro Castle, Moblitz

Edgar and Terra keep up a correspondence.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2020, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]moemachina. Prompt: Good news, Kefka has finally been defeated! Bad news, Edgar finds it’s not as much fun being a dissolute playboy techno-king anymore. Also, Terra won’t return any of his calls.

no. 051

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 3869
  • Rating: mature (sex)
  • Fandom: Historical RPF
  • Characters: Philippa of Hainault, Edward III
  • Genre: het, first time
  • Point in canon: 24 January 1328
  • Location: Yorkshire

Marrying the king of England is overwhelming; supporting him is surprisingly easy.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2020, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]lightningwaltz.

2021

no. 121

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 2463
  • Rating: universal
  • Fandom: Detective Pikachu
  • Genre: gen, worldbuilding
  • Point in canon: unrelated
  • Location: Ryme City

Emma’s family advise her to evolve her partner Pokémon. She’s not so sure about the idea.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2021, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]thisissirius.

2023

no. 226

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 1181
  • Rating: general (death)
  • Fandom: FFX
  • Characters: Seymour, Seymour’s mother, Jyscal
  • Genre: gen, backstory, character study
  • Warnings: death; incesty vibes between a fairly young child and his mother
  • Point in canon: after Seymour receives the Final Aeon
  • Location: Calm Lands, Gagazet, Guadosalam

Call it, they said when they reached the plains. Summon the aeon, and vanquish Sin. But he could not call her, knowing she was his mother, and knowing she would be used for nothing but the renewal of this spiral of death.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]Salamander.

no. 118 Things Come Together

  • Date:
  • Wordcount: 12820
  • Rating: general (references to death)
  • Fandom: FF16
  • Characters: Olivier, Dion, Clive, Joshua, Jill, Tarja, Goetz, Harpocrates, Josselin, Arthur, Aimee, Rodrigue
  • Genre: gen, canon divergence, h/c
  • Warnings: canon-typical references to death and suicide
  • Point in canon: after the coup
  • Location: mostly the hideaway

Olivier survives the events in Twinside, and is freed of Ultima’s possession. At last, he might ask his brother about the glorious dragoons.

Notes: Written for [community profile]yuletide 2023, a gift for [archiveofourown.org profile]raininshadows. I’ve concocted an explanation for Olivier’s survival that may not align with canon lore around Ultima etc., but please suspend disbelief for the purposes of this AU.